New study shows that dysfunction of protective immune cells in GI tract may contribute to onset of inflammation in Crohn's disease.

Diet influences the gut microbiome. Foods high in fiber, prebiotics, probiotics, and antioxidants can support gut health and ...

About two-thirds of us have it in our bodies, but for most people, the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori for short) ...

Researchers at the Texas A&M Gastrointestinal Laboratory (GI Lab) have discovered signs that can be used to identify dogs ...

A research team at the University of Maryland has developed a capsule-based sensor that can check gut lining health in real ...

And second, on the way down, the glucose gets transformed into short-chain fatty acids. Ogawa says: "The production of short-chain fatty acids from the excreted glucose is a huge discovery. While ...

Three-dimensional (3D) organoids are poised to be such a highly valuable system for a variety of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. In the lab, organoids have emerged as powerful systems to model ...

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions.

The physiological basis for the genesis of many functional gut symptoms is luminal distension. Evidence for this comes from barostat and gas infusion studies. [2,3] Luminal distension not only ...

(Starcloud via YouTube) Redmond, Wash.-based Starcloud got its start just last year under a different name — Lumen Orbit — but the newly renamed company is already filling out its seed funding ...